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WEBAnn McDonnell, chief operating officer for Export Controls Australia Group, told Breaking Defense, “I think definitely from the Australian perspective, it really seemed like we had done ...
Next-Gen OPIR: 2 steps forward, 1 step back for missile warning …
WEB1 day ago · Next-Gen OPIR is being developed as the replacement for the current missile warning constellation, the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS). All six dedicated SBIRS satellites in GEO are ...
Northrop wins $7 billion Air Force contract for more B-2 …
WEB2 days ago · Against a potential $7 billion award, that means the contract issued Thursday could work out to roughly $350 million in sustainment and modernization per plane over the given time period ...
Marines eye 2025 fielding of 3 new, mobile air defense systems
WEB1 day ago · MODERN DAY MARINE 2024 — The US Marine Corps is planning to field a trio of mobile, ground-based air defense systems over the next year, including a modified Iron Dome launcher — and at least ...
Gaza conflict presents biggest test yet for IDF’s handheld, 3D ...
WEB3 days ago · JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers who went to war in Gaza after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack carried with them the usual equipment, from rifles to radios, that the infantry has carried for decades.
New details emerge of Russia’s potential nuclear space weapon
WEB1 day ago · Russia’s April 24 veto of a UN Security Council resolution to reaffirm the 1967 Outer Space Treaty’s bar on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in space crafted by the US and Japan seemly has ...
No US missile defense system proven capable against 'realistic' …
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · WASHINGTON: A new study of US missile defenses has found that — after 70 years and some $350 billion in investment — no “system thus far developed has been shown to be effective against ...
Popular in defense: Breaking Defense’s most read stories in 2021
WEBDec 27, 2021 · Life-cycle costs. At the beginning of 2021, then-out-going Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper made news when he said the F-35, the most expensive weapons system in history, was still a “long ...
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WEBAustralia has already supplied Ukraine with 120 Bushmaster vehicles, six 155mm howitzers, 56 M113 armored vehicles, 14 special operations vehicles and its signature cardboard drones.
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WEBAfter chilly silence, US SecDef, China defense minister hold first talks. Having regular mil-to-mil talks with China “is an important priority for us,” a senior defense official said, pointing ...
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